can't start VServer on Windows 2000 Server

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 9/21/04 1:20 AM, "Chris Sheffield" <cm_sheffield at yahoo.com> wrote:

> OK, I'm going to try to explain this, and hopefully
> it'll all make sense. :-)
> 
> I've got an application that uses the embedded
> Vserver.  I've created a custom installation program
> that installs the necessary files to the file server,
> then registers and starts up the database server.
> Usually, this works fine under any version of Windows.
> But I've now had two customers that have called in
> with the same problem running on Windows 2000 Server.
> At the point that my installation program is supposed
> to start the server, they're getting error 10061.
> Basically my installer is just running the server
> executable with the -i option (to register as a
> server) and then with the -s option (to start the
> service).  What's weird is that the registering part
> seems to work fine.  In other words, if they open the
> list of services, it's there, but not running.  Trying
> to start it manually from there results in  "error 5,
> access is denied".
> 
> So then we noticed there was an error log that had
> been created.  Opening that shows an error that says
> something about an installer failing because of a
> missing argument (this is the error log created by
> Vserver).  And if I have them open a command prompt
> and try to start the service from there, we get yet
> another error that says a file or directory could not
> be found, but it doesn't say which file or directory
> it's looking for.  I'm trying to figure out what is
> going on.  There's about 4 or 5 different error
> messages, and none of them really tell me anything.
> 
> We've checked everything including permissions,
> directory structures, and everything seems to be setup
> and installed as it should be, but the service will
> not run.
> 
> I know this probably isn't much to go on, but can
> anyone think of anything that might stop a service
> from running?  I can't think of anything else to
> check.

Chris,

Igor always ask:
    what Log file says ?


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Ruslan Zasukhin      [ I feel the need...the need for speed ]
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